Principles of economics / Robert H. Frank, Ben S. Bernanke, with the assistance of Roger T. Kaufman.

By:

Frank, Robert H [author.]

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Material type: Text

text

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unmediated

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volume

ISBN:

0073125679 (alk. paper)
0073230596 (text w/Web access code)
9780071106047
9780071108157

Subject(s):

Economics

DDC classification:

330 22 F.R.B

Contents:

Part 1: Introduction -- Thinking like an economist -- Comparative advantage: the basis for exchange -- Supply and demand: an introduction -- Part 2: Competition and the invisible hand -- Elasticity -- Demand: the benefit side of the market -- Perfectly competitive supply: the cost side of the market -- Efficiency and exchange -- The quest for profit and the invisible hand -- International trade -- Part 3: Market imperfections -- Monopoly and other forms of imperfect competition -- Strategic choice in oligopoly, monopolistic competition, and everyday life -- Externalities and property rights -- The economics of information -- Part 4: Economics of public policy -- Labor markets, poverty, and income distribution -- The environment, health, and safety -- Public goods and tax policy -- Part 5: Macroeconomics: issues and date -- Macroenconomics: the bird's-eye view of the economy -- Measuring economic activity: GDP and unemployment -- Measuring the price level and inflation -- Part 6: The economy in the long run -- Economic growth, productivity, and living standards -- Workers, wages, and unemployment in the modern ecomony -- Saving and capital formation -- Money, prices, and the Federal Reserve -- Financial markets and international capital flows -- Part 7: The ecomony in the short run -- Short-term economic fluctuations: an introduction -- Spending and output in the short run -- Stabilizing the economy: the role of the Fed -- Inflation, aggregate supply, and aggregate demand -- The practice and pitfalls of macroeconomic policy -- Part 8: The international economy -- Exchange rates and the open economy.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	Main library A4	Faculty of Economics & Political (Economics)	330 F.R.B (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		00004307

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part 1: Introduction --
Thinking like an economist --
Comparative advantage: the basis for exchange --
Supply and demand: an introduction --
Part 2: Competition and the invisible hand --
Elasticity --
Demand: the benefit side of the market --
Perfectly competitive supply: the cost side of the market --
Efficiency and exchange --
The quest for profit and the invisible hand --
International trade --
Part 3: Market imperfections --
Monopoly and other forms of imperfect competition --
Strategic choice in oligopoly, monopolistic competition, and everyday life --
Externalities and property rights --
The economics of information --
Part 4: Economics of public policy --
Labor markets, poverty, and income distribution --
The environment, health, and safety --
Public goods and tax policy --
Part 5: Macroeconomics: issues and date --
Macroenconomics: the bird's-eye view of the economy --
Measuring economic activity: GDP and unemployment --
Measuring the price level and inflation --
Part 6: The economy in the long run --
Economic growth, productivity, and living standards --
Workers, wages, and unemployment in the modern ecomony --
Saving and capital formation --
Money, prices, and the Federal Reserve --
Financial markets and international capital flows --
Part 7: The ecomony in the short run --
Short-term economic fluctuations: an introduction --
Spending and output in the short run --
Stabilizing the economy: the role of the Fed --
Inflation, aggregate supply, and aggregate demand --
The practice and pitfalls of macroeconomic policy --
Part 8: The international economy --
Exchange rates and the open economy.

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